Defining new Naegleria spp. Using ribosomal DNA sequences

Acta Protozoologica

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 273-278

  De Jonckheere, Johan F ^a   Brown, Susan ^b  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

5.8SrDNA; ITS; Naegleria; Phylogenetic tree; SSUrDNA; Thermophilic

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031472471     PISSN: 00651583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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